Eads Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Arch bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Road bridge
Railroad (railway) bridge |
| Other name(s): | Illinois and Saint Louis Bridge |
| Built: | 1867 - 1874 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, North America |
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| Crosses |
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| Coordinates: | 38° 37' 44.00" N 90° 10' 44.00" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 1 964 m | |
| length of center spans | 158.5 m | |
| clearance | 16.8 m |
Materials
| arches |
steel
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Relevant Web Sites
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Bridgepros: Eads Bridge
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Digital Bridges: Report of the city engineer to the Board of Common Council of the City of St. Louis, in relation to a bridge across the Mississippi River, at St. Louis
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HABS: Eads Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River at Washington Street, St. Louis, Missouri
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HAER: Eads Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River at Washington Street, St. Louis, County, MO
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The Bridges And Structures Of The Upper Mississippi River: Eads Bridge
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Washington University Libraroes: Terminal Railroad Association - Eads Bridge Drawings
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Wikipedia: Eads Bridge
Relevant Publications
- Triumphant Trio, in "Bridge Design & Engineering", 2nd Quarter 2004, n. 35 v. 10
- The Tower and the Bridge, Princeton University Press, Princeton (USA), ISBN 069102393X, 1983; pp. 113-117
- Bridges, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York (USA), ISBN 002517455X, 1993; pp. 82-83
- The Erection of the Illinois and St. Louis Bridge, in "Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers", 1874, n. 3
- Under Pressure, in "American Heritage of Invention & Technology", Spring 1996
- Faszination Brücken (1st edition), Callwey, Munich (Germany), ISBN 3766713264, 1998; pp. 178-185
- Brücken, Könemann, Cologne (Germany), ISBN 3829004095, 1998; pp. 52-53
- Les ponts, Könemann, Cologne (Germany), ISBN 3829004109; pp. 52-53
- Bridges, Black Dog & Leventhal, New York (USA), ISBN 1884822754, 1997; pp. 52-53
- Report of the Engineer-in-Chief of the Illinois and St. Louis Bridge Company, Missouri Democrat Book and Job Printing House, Saint Louis (USA), 1868
- Bridge engineering, Thomas Telford, London (United Kingdom), ISBN 0727732153, 2003; pp. 179, 250, 257, 306
- Bridges that Changed the World, Prestel, Munich (Germany), ISBN 3791327011, 2002; pp. 70-71
- Brücken, die die Welt verbinden, Prestel, Munich (Germany), ISBN 3791327003, 2002; pp. 70-71
- James B. Eads, Books for Librarian Press, Hempstead (USA), 1970
- Great American Bridges and Dams, John Wiley & Sons, New York (USA), ISBN 0471143855, 1984; pp. 220-222
- Rails Across the Mississippi, University of Illinois Press, Urbana (USA), ISBN 0252026802, 2001
- The Designing of the Eads Bridge, in "Technology and Culture", October 1982, n. 4 v. 23
- Engineers of Dreams, Vintage Books, New York (USA), ISBN 0679730210, 1995; pp. 36-60
- L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France), ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 159-160
- Les grands ponts du monde: Hors d'Europe, Brissaud, Poitiers (France), ISBN 2902170688, 1990; pp. 111
- Report of the city engineer to the Board of Common Council of the City of St. Louis, in relation to a bridge across the Mississippi River, at St. Louis, McKee, Fishback and company, printers, Saint Louis (USA), 1865
- The Eads Bridge, University of Missouri Press, Saint Louis (USA), 1979
- James B. Eads and His St. Louis Bridge, in "Civil Engineering Magazine", October 1977, n. 10 v. 47
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0000020 |
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| Created: | 28/10/1998 |
| Last Updated: | 21/05/2013 |
